The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-05-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Don't 20 in debt for what isn't

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Don't 20 In debt for what isn't
needed.
Ingram carpets need to be shaken
oftener than Brussels. as from their
more open weave the dust percolates
through them.
Sauce for Fish.-The yolks of three
eggs. one teaspoonful of vinegar.
quarter of pound Of butter, little
salt. Stir over slow fire until it
thickens.
To clean bottles. put into the bot
ties some kernels of corn, a tablespoon
full of ashes. pour it half full of water,
and, after vigorous shaking and rims
ing, you will find the bottle rs good a.
new.
Sponge Cake.-One teacup Of
powdered or fine white sugar, three
eggs, one-fourth of teaspoon of soda,
one-half teaspoon of cream tartar, one
teacup of flour; flavor with Vanilla
Exchange.
1t has been demonstrated that the
quantity of meat produced by sheep de-
livered to the butcher at the precocious
age of from nine to fifteen months costs
exactly half the expense Of those fed
to double the age.
The only way that farmers can be-
come intelligent, influential. progress
sing men is to read. listen, observe and
reflect. They must keep their eyes
and ears open. They must acquire
knowledge as other professional men
do.
Milk may be canned just as you
would can fruit. Bring the milk to
the boiling point ard fill your jars to
the brim with it; then shut alright
This will keep any length of time and
be just as good when opened . when
it was put up.
Here is a good way to hang up the
kitchen broom. Instead of hanging by
a string that always breaks at the
wrong time. just have two wooden pins
put into the wall far apart enough to
admit the handle between. then rest the
broom part on them.
Seek out the cause of bad smells
in stables and outhOuses, and root
them out. Make things clean. then
there will be no smell, and you will be
safe from the germs of disease that
Turk in filth. There is no other safety:
Farm, Field and Stockman.
Fried apples.-Make batter Of
two eggs. pinch Of salt. a cup Of milk
and six tablespoonfuls of flour. Slice.
pare and core tart apples as thin as
Saratoga potatoes. Dip them spoon
full at time in the batter and fry. Eat
with powdered sugar and cream or
liquid sauce.-Boston Budget.
-Buttermilk and creamery skim
milk. though excellent food for hogs.
should be fed only as apart of the ra-
tons. as the hog will be compelled to
drink large quantities in order to pro-
vide themselves with sufficiency.
The better plan is to allow ration Of
ground grain in connection with milk
The hog cholera, says the Indiana
Farmer. was somewhat prevalent in
1858. The papers of the time. men-
tioning that fact, contain the following
receipt: Some of the Western farmers
have found that by giving their hogs
corn mixed with tar, they have cured
the cholera among their hogs and pre-
vented the spread of it.-St.. Louis Re
publican.
The temperature of water should
be 20 deg. to 80 deg. but 80 deg. is
usually better relished by the COW than
higher. 1t is preferable that the cow
should drink where she stands in the
stall, that she may drink as unmolested
as she eats. 1t is easily arranged 50
that a cow may open the lid Of a water
ing trough, the lid falling back when
she withdraws her head. This trough
is best placed on the inside front Of
the manger, two feet above the BOTTOM